Post or pole forming device.



Paented Nov.8, 1910.

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POST OR Po-. FORMING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION PILED NOV. 12, 1909.

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POST OR POLE FOEMING DEVICE.

To all whom 'it may coment:

Be it known that We, MATHER B. KELsEY and HENRY LAMAR MONARCH, both ofthe city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and 'State of Indiana, havemade new and useful Improvements in Post or Pole Forming De- Vices, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and accurate specifioation', beinsuch as will enable others tomake and use t ie same with absoluteexactitude.

The object of our present. invention,

broadly speaking, is to provide 'a post or pole forming device whichwill be strong and durable in construction, easily operated andcontrolled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparativelylow price.

.More particularly stated, our object lS to provide a post or poleforming clevice which .will be economically efiicient in operation anddurable n Construction, same being formed, preferably, of sheet metalthereby 'adding to its durability and p'ositiveness of operation.

Another object of our invention is to proviie a mold for forningcomorete posts or poles which tapers upward and, preferably, be round incross section.

Other objects and particular advantages of:our invention" will bebrought out in 'the course of the following description, and that whichis new will be correlated in the aptit e View of the interior.

pended claims.

The preferred manner for the construction of our invention is shown mostclearly' 2 sectional View, as taken on the line 3-3 of showing i Fig; 5s a View of two opposte sdes of a section, as 'employed particularly inthe con- Fi 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a pluralty of assembled andassociated sections, aface or front vew of the same.

str .ction of concrete posts. Fign6 is a cross sectionalvew, as takenthrough one of the sections, and Fg. 'i' s a deta'l fa .e vew ofSpecfication of Letters Patent.

Patented 1910.

Application filed Noirember 12, 1909. Serial No. 5 2'7,611.`

a fragment of the upper portion of a pole or the like as formed -by ourdevice, showing cross arms attach'ed thereto.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the Construction and operation of our invention' may bemore fully understood and comprehended we will now take up a detaildescription thereof in which -we will set forth theinvention as fullyand as comprehensively as we may.

Our devce s composed of one or more sectons, each of the sections bengformed essentially o'f two' members designated section A and section B,same being formed of sheet metal curved longitudinally so that the twowhenjoined together form a round tube tapering from one end to' theother, and when a plurality 'of sections are employed the top or upperend of one sectiontshould be of same diameter as is the bottom of thesection next above.

Riveted to the outside of the lower end of each menber of each sectionis an angleplate, designated (Land b re'spectively, the two forming acomplete L-shaped band .around the lower end of each section; and

like unto the above are the angle plates designated a' and b'respectively which form an L-shaped band or collar around the upper endof the sections. The collars or bands strengthen the members of thesection and retai'n' them at their proper curvature and also, when aplurality of sections are employed they provide means for securing thesections together, also providing means for securing the'lower end ofone section to a base-plate hereinafter referred, to. Corresponding boltapertures are formed through the fiange portion of said collars or bandsthrough which the bolts C may be inserted to secure the sectionstogether.

The members of each section are detachably Secured together by means ofa plurality of separable hinges D, D', and D", the nembers of which locktogether as the opposite edges of the members are brougl" toward eachother; and the opposite edges of the members of the section are adaptedto be Secured together by hooks E, E', and E" which are pivoted 'to onemember, engaging over headcd pintles F, F' andF carried by the oppositeedge ot' the adjoining member. Said hooks and hinges being so adjustedas-to clamp the edges of the members of thesection tightly together.

Formed horizontally through the walls of the members of each section area plurality of oppositely disposed apertures Gr in which may be placedthe bolts or short rods H, as indicated in Fig..3. Said bolts H shouldextend centrally through the space formed by the members of the section,and they serve a triple purpose: to. stifi'en the section and contributein retaining it in proper position circumt'erentially; to provide formsby which apertures are formed in the complete pole or post, as for thebolts I, I' and I" in Fig. 7,' or ,to provide means for seeuring stepsto a pole; and to provide means tor securing fencing to the posts. VWhere it is desired to form a channel longitudinally of and in one sideof the post to be formed then 'we provide a bar J, seen in Figs. 2 and3, which is placed against the inside of the section, being held inplace by the bolts H, as indicated, there being holes formedtherethrough corresponding to the apertures G.

In case a pole or post isto be constructed in it s final position bymeans of our invention then we first excavate a suitable hole inthegrouud l, we then employ a two-part base plate 2, the members ofwhich are secured together by the bolts 3 which pass through adjoininglugs which exte'nd up from the face of said 'plate 2.

In the center of plate 2 is formed a round 'aperture which is of adiameter the same as s thediameter of the lower end of the section whichis to rest thereon, with the flange of the angle band a resting on saidplate and sccurable thereto by means of the machine bolts or screws 4;thus the plate 2 forms a base for the assembled sections.

Numeral 5 denotes a portion of a concrete post or pole, as formed by ourdevice; and numeral 6 denotescross-arms attached to the uper portion ofa pole or post.

peration: From the above it is quite evident that the operation of ourinvention is quite simple, for the purpose of forming "round poles orposts in a vertical position and where they are intended to permanentlyremain. The hole in the ground being first prepared then the two membersof the plate 2 are then laid thereover and Secured together by the bolts3. The lower end of the lower section is then placed in position restingon said plate and Secured thereto by the bolts 4. The menbers of thesection having first been secured together by the hinges an hooks as setforth. 'The second section is then placed upon the first and Securedthereto by bolts C, and so on until the required height is reached. Thebar J and the cross v concrete has ,hardened suificiently then theseveral parts are tobe disassociated and transported to a new location,or they can be nested together and packed into a comparatively smallcompass of space. f

We desre that it be distinctly understood that various changes may bemade in the details of Construction from that herein shown and describedwithout departing from the spirit of our invention or saorific- .ing anyof the advantagesthereof.

,Having now fully shown and described our invention and its operation,what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

l, A post or pole forming device, comprising in combination, sectionsformed round in cross-section and tapering from bottom to top, eachsection being divided longitudinally into two equal members, separabletwo-part hinges for connecting two of the adjoining edges of themembers, said hinges being adapted to lock together as the oppositeedges of the members are brought toward each other, hooks for detachablyseem-ing the opposite edges of the members together, separable two-partcollars disposed around thesections, the members of each of said collarsbeing rigidly secured to the respective members" of the' section, meansfor looking the members of the collars together, a base-plate upon whichthe sections may rest and to which' the lower end of the lower sectionmay be detachably secured, and means (as by rods H) for formingapertures horizontally through the post or pole formed in \t he device,all substantially as shown and described( i 2. A post or pole formingdevice, comprising in combnation, a plurality of sections ormed round incross section and tap'ering from the lower end of the lower se`ction tothe top of the upper section, each of the sections being dividedlongitudinally mto two equal menbers, separable two-part hinges forconnectig together the adjoinn'g edges of the two members, said h'ngesbeing adapted to lock together as the opposite edges of'the, membersarebrought'together, hooks and pins for detachably se curing theopposite edges of the members together, separable two-part collarsdisposed around the upper and the lower ends of the section, saidcollars being formed of angleiron the members of each collar being se--cured to the res e'ctive members of the section means for ockng themembers of the collai's together, means for secu'ing-a plusubscrbed ournames to this specificatioi in ralty of said sections togetherpyramidithe presence of two subscribing witnesses. cally, a separabletwo-part base-plate, and v MATHERB. KELSEY.

means for securing the 'lower end of the H. LAMAR MONARCH. 5 lowersection to said base late, all substanwitnesses: t

tially as shown and descr d. ROBERT W. RANDLE,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto R. E. RAND E.

